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indebtedness shall be used, with an equal sum to be raised by the several,
counties of the State, for the purpose of building such lateral roads, in
the several counties of the State, as may be selected by the State Roads
Commission. The money expended for such post and lateral roads in each
of said counties to be determined according to the respective road mileage
of said counties.

1924, ch. 277, sec. 7.

84. The State Roads Commission shall, immediately after the going
into effect of this Act,1 and not later than May 1, 1924, by using the same
ratio which the public road mileage of the respective counties bears to
the entire public road mileage in the counties of the State, ascertain each
county's proportionate part of the proceeds to be derived from the sale of the
bonds or certificates of indebtedness to be dated June 15, 1924, and herein
appropriated for the construction of lateral roads, and shall immediately
and not later than May 1, 1924, notify the County Commissioners of the
several counties of the amount, thus ascertained, which has been appro-
priated from the proceeds of the sale of bonds to be dated June 15, 1924, to
each of the counties, respectively, for lateral road purposes. It shall there-
upon be the duty of the proper authorities of each county to provide, by
assessing a tax upon the taxable basis of said county or by borrowing upon
the faith and credit of said county or by special assessments and benefits
assessed upon the property especially benefited by said road, or by levy-
ing a tax upon the property within a special assessment district created
for the purpose, or by a combination of two or more of these methods, or
by any manner which in their discretion is lawful and equitable, for the
raising, during said year, of a sum of money equal to the proportionate
amount appropriated to said county as aforesaid. The duty of raising the
said amount to be furnished by each of said counties is hereby made man-
datory upon the proper authorities of the respective counties and subject
to enforcement by mandamus at the instance of the State Roads Commis-
sion. Full power and authority is hereby granted to the County Commis-
sioners or other lawfully constituted authorities of each and every county
to raise said money in any of the ways hereinbefore set out, and in case
they decide to raise the same by borrowing upon the credit and faith of
the county, they are authorized to issue the bonds or certificates of indebt-
edness of said county to the extent of the amount so needed, upon such
terms and conditions and with such rate of interest, and with such dates
of maturity as to them may seem best. The Lateral road, money raised
by each and every county as hereinbefore provided shall be paid to the
State Roads Commission at such times and in such amounts, and under
such guarantees as the State Roads Commission shall from time to time
determine. If the County Commissioners of any county shall have fixed
the county tax levy for such county for the year 1924 prior to May 1,
1924, and said Board of Commissioners shall desire to raise the whole or
any part of such county's share of said lateral road money for the year
1924 by assessing a tax upon the taxable basis of said county, the' said

1 Ch. 27 of 1924 became effective April 9, 1924.